Storage and Transport of equipment

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I keep my hard kit in a rectangular plastic tub with a handle at each end. My segmentata goes in the middle with my helmet inside it. My folded up belt fits in nicely at one end and my shoulder padding (soon to be a proper subarmalis) and feathers are slid in at the other end. My sword sits accross the top, diagonally from corner to corner. Sometimes I put my caligae in one corner of the box, depending on how wet or muddy they are. My soft kit (scarf, undertunic, helmet padding, blue tunic, off-white tunic with blue clavi, fascia ventralis, udones and paenula) are folded carefully and packed into an old sports bag. I both transport and keep my kit like this. If I am taking my toga this remains separate as it will not fit into the bag (even if the other items are not present). My bowl, cup, spoon and patera also get packed in their own bag. My pila have pieces of plasic piping put over the ends to protect the car from the points.
Normally when packing the car I put the box with the hard kit into the boot first, pushed into the corner. The sports bag goes beside this and the toga and bag with my patera and cup go into the other corner, along with my sleeping bag. If my boots are packed separately I find somewhere to fit them in and then my scutum is placed face up so it curves over the rest of the kit. The pila are placed so that they run from the front passenger foot space, between the passenger and driver's seats and rest on the back seat. Any passenger has to put up with these pressing against him, as I always lift them slightly to give enough access to the handbrake and gear lever. My crest and any books I am bringing with me sit on the back seat. If I am carrying a passenger, his kit mostly resides on and around the back seat.

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